there was rumours online that rte was showing cork city european game next thursday but the european athletics is on that night? so can anyone confirm this?
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there was rumours online that rte was showing cork city european game next thursday but the european athletics is on that night? so can anyone confirm this?
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2018...ropa-showdown/Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
RTE confirmed it themselves Marty.
I'm sure it's old news to most but premier sports showed the Rovers Bohs game on Friday. They offer eir sports 1 as part of their package in NI but the game was on their own main channel so presumably was available in the whole of the UK. I'd be very interested to see the viewing figures for the game across Ireland and the UK now
I don't know if fringe subscription channels like that would register on the viewing stats to be honest. The samples involved are pretty small.Quote:
Originally Posted by RathfarnhamHoop
At a guess, they probably attract advertisers on the basis of their subscribers not viewing figures. Not sure if there are any Media Buyers on here who would know more conclusively ?
They have an online service so for that at least the numbers would be easy to get, their TV channels might be harder but even the online numbers would be interesting, they'd actually be more interesting since it should be a platform the league should be looking atQuote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Longford-Cork cup quarter final taken by RTÉ.
I'd say Longford are less than thrilled, especially as Derry-Bohs was rumoured to be the first preference.
That'll look great on TV..
its the first time RTE have being in CCS/Flancare Park to show a live match since the 2004 FAI Cup semi Final v Drogheda. Setanta and TG4 have come since then to Longford to show live matches but not RTE. 11 long years since Setanta shown the Waterford game in Longford live. Alleulia!
think we will take a hit though!
Is this for real ?Quote:
Originally Posted by brendy_éire
The tie of the round is Derry-Bohs, but venturing that far up the country would probably have killed RTE.
So instead we'll get an uncompetitive fixture in front of a mediocre crowd. Well done the national broadcaster.
The Derry game is postponed.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
RTE hoping for a shock?
Ah come on, logic and reasoning has no place on this forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
what makes you think it will be a mediocre crowd ? This is our best form all season and the crowds are increasing with each passing week. theres better connect with the club amongst the local community. Neale Fenn is arguably our best manager since Stephen Kenny we are playing beautiful football.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
I am very confident that there will be a lot of local support so dont be jumping to conclusions just because we are out the country. its not very often we are on the telly its our turn now!
Hadn't heard that the Derry games had been postponed, smart hole. Is that for the U21 games ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
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It's nothing personal. It's just that Longford's average attendance this season is running at 449 people - ranking 14th out of the league's 20 clubs. I appreciate that that's not a bad crowd for Longford, but that kind of makes the point for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
It;s got nothing to do with being out the country, and is about your attendances of late instead. Do you genuinely expect the Longford-Cork cup game to attract a bigger crowd than the Derry-Bohs one? Even with the Derry one being rescheduled to probably a week day, I would still expect the crowd to be bigger there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
But TV appearances aren't doled out on a rota basis. First Division clubs are rarely on TV - especially when they're not winning much - so it isn't a big surprise that Longford aren't on the TV much. Neither are Cobh, Athlone, Cabinteely, Wexford etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Martinho II
Less than 1,200 fans and a poor uneven spectacle of a game on TV tonight.
I hate to say I told you so, but the Longford tie was a strange choice. The cameras should have gone to Limerick for the fixture there instead IMO.
sure there was sfa of an attendance at Limerick v Dundalk(half 1200) and there would have been even less there if the match had have been on tv!Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Lims had a few chances towards the end of the match,Dundalk easing of gas with a 3-0 lead that they easily made 4-0 when Lims got a bit feisty :D
The UCD game was always going to be the tightest game - I know Belfield isn't great for filming but it was a terrific game.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Our average this season is 500 and that’s up on last season. 1200 (all bar maybe 100 or less were away home fans). Take the result away last night was a great success. Never seen the place looking so well.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Is the Bohs v Cork match on the box next Friday.
RTÉ have a loi match pencilled in @ that time next week.
Yep, it is. As is Cork City vs Dundalk the following week
Was it announced?Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
I knew about the Cork v Dundalk match being on the box but didn't catch the Bohs v Cork 'on the telly' blurb.
I'm a slave to labour see
Yeah, during the coverage last night
I was in Limerick.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Delighted to hear that match(Bohs v Cork) is on the tele and us on a match free weekend.:good:
yeah whatever. that was two and a half times the attendance of the previous game. you will be glad to hear we wont be on live tv for the rest of the season so your wish came true. if meenan had got a yellow I think there would have being a better game.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
as outspoken said the night was a massive success regardless of the result.
Just on the overall attendances for the cup matches, I think all 3 QF's were all modest crowds, was Longford's actually the biggest? I get the point on possibly this was their biggest crowd in a fair while, but a combined attendance of around 3k, possibly just lower is very disappointing for 3 QF games. Possibly the lowest in years too.
Had each of the any clubs being drawn at home, I'd say a figure of 10k would have been achieved between them.
It's all relative. What Longford achieved in their attendance is the equivalent of us more than selling out Turners Cross. It was an excellent attendance, especially considering the change of date.
Which is better for the league, longford doubling their attendance as they head towards a potential playoff, or us getting 3.5k or so at Turners Cross to play them? I'd argue the first. No one new was coming to the Cross to see longford. But the league could have gained some new fans in that crowd up in City calling stadium. Figures alone don't show the whole picture.
It's a function of the clubs involved. We're just not going to turn out a crowd no matter what. Longford are also a relatively small club who haven't had a great season. On the other side of the coin a cup QF is no big occasion for Dundalk and Cork.Quote:
Originally Posted by oriel
I'm not sure that many potential new fans drawn to the Longford match would be enthused to return by their team getting a 7-0 kicking. I could be wrong on that, but it doesn't sound like the greatest intro to your local side.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Re the overall QF attendances - the perennial appearance of Cork and Dundalk in the latter stages may be having a negative affect on the appeal of the cup (?). The best thing for Irish football would be for them to be drawn against each other in the semis. I fear yet another Cork-Dundalk final will be a poor reflection on the league and a turn off for many neutrals who go to the finals.
While it might be a turn off for neutrals, another Cork Dundalk final would be a pretty accurate reflection of the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
Indeed. But cups are supposed to be different than the league, and retain that sense of 'magic' that anyone can progress (e.g. UCD).Quote:
Originally Posted by Yossarian
Even notoriously imbalanced leagues like Spain and France manage to not have the same 2 teams in their finals every year.
I can understand how Cork and Dundalk fans would like to see their teams in this year's final, but I suspect everyone else is just bored of it and wants to see a different line-up.
Sure, but that's just the luck of it in terms of how the game went. Maybe no one left city calling as a new loi fan, but there wouldn't have been any newbies at the Cross either.Quote:
Originally Posted by EatYerGreens
I'd agree on the final. I don't think the league has been this predictable in a long long time. Where two teams are consistently top two and in the cup final. Obviously I want us to be there, but a change of opposition would certainly be no harm. That said, I'd rather not get dundalk away in the semi
To be fair, the ridiculous red card ruined the game. Longford were probably gone already but that ended the contest.Quote:
Originally Posted by micls
Agreed, and that can't really be controlled for. But looking at it beforehand, the game being in Longford would have seemed more value to the league than in Cork.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Dundalk - Derry City on 25th September being shown on Eir.
Notice from the RTÉ guide that a game is pencilled in for next week.
Never seen any press release about it on twotter.
Anyone?
I'm assuming you're not on about the Cork Vs Bohs game on Monday?
No bud,knew about that one but it defo says Friday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Of course RTÉ could have being plannin ahead of Dundalk not wrapping up the league on Friday and put it in the schedule as a provisional programme.
I'd reckon RTE substituted their planned schedule for a live game Fri 12th to the Cork/Bohs replay on the 8th
What games will be shown on tv now when there is nothing to play for in Premier division? Surely the promotion play off games will be shown on Rte or Eir?